The Demon Princess: An Iruma-kun OC Fanfic

A Secret Promise

I hurry off into the forest and summon my portal home.
Once there, I turn off the transformation spell, tidy up a bit, and plop onto the couch. Then I freeze.

Someone's here...
And it's not my uncle.

I take out a knife and throw it, purposely just missing the intruder.

"Show yourself," I say.

"...Okami!?"

...
Oh no.

Oh no.

OH NO.

"SOI!?" I shout.

His figure's there, distorted as it is when he uses his bloodline ability. I immediately redo the transformation spell.

"Soi, what are you doing here!?" I ask.

"You looked really worried, I wanted to help!" He looked around. "Where are we!?"

Oh crap! What do I DO!?

Going with the first idea that came to mind, I whipped out some noise cancelling headphones, gave them to Soi and had him to use his bloodline ability and get into an empty closet.

"Just trust me, please! If the demon who's coming sees you, we'll both be in massive trouble!"

Despite his visible protest to the idea of being shut in a closet, he agrees, and I undo my transformation magic just as the door bursts open.

"Hellooooooooooo! Uncle Poro's hereeeeee!"

"Hi, Uncle."

He practically throws himself onto me. With Fractal it isn't that bad, but still pretty annoying due to his immense size, even with the alteration spell he uses when he visits me. I'm used to it at this point, though.

"There's my adorable little niece! How're you doing???"

"I'm doing good, no need to worry about me."

"Oh, I'll never stop worrying about my darling niece..." he trails off, staring.

???

"What are you wearing!?" He asked. I look down and realize: I'm still in my Babyls Uniform.

"Oh, uhhh... this? Uhh..."

"I know what this is." His expression grows dark.

"Y-You do?"

"Yes... you went digging for clues from mine and your father's history, didn't you!?"

Uhhhh...

"Ahh, I remember it clearly even now. We would sit on the rooftop of the Royal One, making music together... Speaking of! Have you been practicing?"

Uh oh. I'm glad the subject changed, but this is worse!

"Y-Yes..."

"Perfect, let's hear it then!"

I open up the piano in my living room, sit on the bench, and begin to play. Barely 2 notes in and I hear the slap of Uncle Poro's conductor's wand on the piano.

"Wrong, wrong, all wrong! You're playing fortissimo, it should be forte! Try again!"

I restart, and get 4 notes in before a slap.

"Again! That was mezzo forte, not forte! Did you even read the sheet!?"

This usually goes on for most of the day, if I'm lucky. I might be able to discreetly make a portal for Soi to leave...

"...Huh?"

Poro's gone from the piano.

"Did you always have this closet?"

OH NO OH NO OH NONONO

*Beep beep*

He checks his phone. "Aww, I have to go. Oh well, I'll be here in a few months again to check up on you, hopefully you've made progress then! Bye for now, my darling niece!"

And he leaves, slamming the door behind him as usual. I breathe out a sigh of relief.
I open the closet door and motion for him to take off the headphones.

"It's safe to come out, Soi," I say, "I'll answer your questions now."
.
.
.
I pour some tea as we sit down.

"Well, first of all, where are we?"

"My home."

"..."

"..."

"Who was the demon?"

"That was my uncle. He's not actually my uncle, but he was madly in love with my dad so he kinda appointed himself as my uncle."

"That's... creepy."

"Kinda, but he's also the parent I never had in a way. I don't remember either of my parents."

"So you live here alone?"

"Yeah."

"Oh."

"... Any more questions?"

"Just one, why are you purple?"

"...This is what I normally look like, but it complicates things in ways you wouldn't really get so I look like that at school."

"How do you do that?"

"Special transformation magic."

Why am I telling him this?

"What's with this tea?"

"Is it Relax Tea? That would explain it."

I think I did get this tea from the Netherworld...

"I think it is... You should get going."

"I probably should."

I summon a portal.

"Oh, and Soi?"

"Yeah?"

"If you tell anyone about this, I'll know. So... please don't."

"Don't worry. I won't."

"Promise?"

He smiles. "Promise."